To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
TERESA OF AVILAEverything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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Pain is never permanent.
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The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
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Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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All times are dangerous times.
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